Well, they’re welcome to apply for admittance.<\/p>\n
As Canada Prepares to Confiscate Guns, Some Provinces Rebel Against the Policy<\/a><\/p>\n Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s government is coming for people\u2019s firearms. There will be a mass gun confiscation program, as his administration banned some 1,500 firearms\u00a0with a freeze on handgun sales<\/a>\u00a0for the time being. Gun control advocates up north have long advocated for a handgun ban, which could be the next step amid Trudeau\u2019s anti-gun crusade. It\u2019s estimated that some 150,000 legally registered firearms are scheduled to be seized by the government. The rash of new gun laws comes after the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooter, which left 22 people dead. The shooter, Gabriel Wortman, was later killed by police.<\/p>\n These new anti-gun measures were proposed but not passed until after the 2021 Canadian federal election, where Trudeau\u2019s government hung onto power. One of their promises is to enact stricter gun control laws. The rough draft of the proposal called for a voluntary gun buyback policy, a fancy word for confiscation. Now, fresh off an election win, it\u2019s a mandatory act, though some provinces will not assist in the effort. Trudeau\u2019s gun seizure agenda has led to a further straining of relationships between the capital, Ottawa, and the rest of the country it would seem (via\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>):<\/p>\n After a gunman rampaged across rural Nova Scotia in 2020, killing 22 people in Canada\u2019s worst mass killing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau banned some 1,500 makes and models of \u201cmilitary-grade\u201d assault-style firearms and pledged to buy them back from owners.<\/p>\n Now, as Canada\u2019s Liberal government prepares to launch the first phase of the mandatory buyback, several provinces and territories say they won\u2019t help.<\/p>\n The most strident opponents, including the United Conservative Party government in Alberta, are suggesting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police \u201crefuse to participate.\u201d Tyler Shandro, the province\u2019s justice minister, declared the buyback was not \u201can objective, priority or goal\u201d of the province or its Mounties. Alberta, he said, is \u201cnot legally obligated to provide resources for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Marco Mendicino, Canada\u2019s public safety minister, has cast Alberta\u2019s \u201creckless\u201d position as a \u201cpolitical stunt.\u201d But Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick have also balked at using \u201cscarce RCMP resources\u201d for the program.<\/p>\n \u201cNew Brunswick\u2019s bottom line is this: RCMP resources are spread thin as it is,\u201d said Kris Austin, the province\u2019s public safety minister. \u201cWe have made it clear to the government of Canada that we cannot condone any use of those limited resources, at all, in their planned buyback program.\u201d<\/p>\n The dispute is one of several that\u2019s inflaming tensions between Ottawa and the provinces. Alberta and Saskatchewan, long estranged from the capital, recently introduced bills to seek greater \u201csovereignty\u201d for their provinces and to fight what they see as federal \u201cintrusion.\u201d<\/p>\n Yukon\u2019s government said it supports Trudeau\u2019s gun-control proposals and is committed to finding a balance between counteracting the adverse impacts of illegal firearms and respecting hunting rights. But Tracy-Anne McPhee, the territory\u2019s justice minister, has told Mendicino that its RCMP lacks the \u201cadministrative, personnel or the financial resources\u201d to participate without additional support, a spokeswoman said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I like the Second Amendment sanctuary attitude some of these premiers have taken. Still, sadly, without an explicit right to bear arms, that\u2019s codified like the one in our Bill of Rights\u2014I think there will be some chilling videos of Canadian federal police officers showing up at people\u2019s homes and taking their private property. And somehow, there will be a slew of liberal writers defending how the government taking the property of law-abiding citizenry is essential to the health of a democracy. That\u2019s not healthy\u2014that\u2019s cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, they’re welcome to apply for admittance. As Canada Prepares to Confiscate Guns, Some Provinces Rebel Against the Policy Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s government is coming for people\u2019s firearms. There will be a mass gun confiscation program, as his administration banned some 1,500 firearms\u00a0with a freeze on handgun sales\u00a0for the time being. 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